1938 alert from WND, with thanks to JE:
JERUSALEM – The suicide bombing north of Tel Aviv that killed five Israelis and wounded more than 30 this week was directly backed by Syria and Iran, security sources said.Meanwhile, a member of a terrorist groups reportedly involved in the blast told WND a Palestinian terror leader in Damascus demanded the suicide attack be carried out.
"The reaction of [Islamic Jihad leader] Ramadan Abdullah Shallah from his base in Damascus [to Israel's killing earlier of a senior Jihad member] was a clear demand to the Palestinian resistance, especially to Islamic Jihad to take revenge," said Abu Carmel, a West Bank leader of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party.
Abu Carmel was speaking to WND after a suicide bomber exploded in an open-air market in the coastal city of Hadera Wednesday. The attack was carried out in front of a falafel stand at the entrance to the market. Hadera has been a frequent target of bombings during the past five years.
The Islamic Jihad terror group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast, saying the bombing was retaliation for the death of one of its senior leaders in an Israel Defense Forces raid in the West Bank earlier this week. Sources close to the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades told WND the group was involved in the attack as well.
>...Sources close to the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
Not too close I hope.
And a question that bears repeating:
>...leader of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
How does one become a leader of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
Did we expect to hear anything differently? Did we hear any conclusive evidence that Syria or Iran were directly involved? Generally, such conclusive evidence is "not necessary", but, to me it is. I am already convinced that Syria, Iran and pals are doing everything possible to antagonize Isreal and the West, but, at this stage, I would like to see the real facts.
Show me the fingerprints - Show me the faces of the criminals! Sway me over the edge with conclusive evidence! Comments like "security sources said.." only make me retract from fully putting my trust in whatever counter-measures are used. I want to have full trust in our govt's response - so, to get that trust, show me the evidence!
Mike, you want a paper trail? Phone records, voice recordings -- fingerprints? You watch too many reality programs. Did you notice how long the Food for Oil scandal investigation is taking. Time is not on our side...
MikeM:
Are you suggesting that Abu Carmel may merely be trying to point the finger away from his own organization? I think it's quite well known which jihaddist faction gets their funding and direction from whom.
Guys,
No my point was that clearly we all KNOW Syria and Iran is the instigators - I wanted the news wires to "drop the kid gloves" and just come right out and say so with clear and deliberate language. Back it up with convincing facts.
For example the article cited "..security sources said.". For an opening paragraph I would expect minimal journalistic facts: Who said that? When was this said? Instead of seizing the chance to definitvely point the finger with names, bandwidth is given to Abu Camel. Why?! Why is the 'security sources' opaque and blurred, whereas dirtbags like Camel get a willing microphone? Doesnt that just reinforce the problem? To me it says co-ordination on the killing on the civillians, and a ready made press release to follow. Isnt that like giving serial murderer Ted Bundy his own HBO special??